***MEDIA ADVISORY***

MAYOR DE BLASIO AND FIRE COMMISSIONER CASSANO TO PRESIDE AT 145th ANNUAL MEDAL DAY CEREMONY

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano will preside at the annual FDNY Medal Day Ceremony on Wednesday, June 4 at 11 a.m. atthe 69th Regiment Armory. The event will honor 12 Fire Officers, 23 Firefighters, an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Officer, three paramedics, four Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), and two doctors with the Office of Medical Affairs. Additionally, unit medals will be awarded to three Fire companies and the Manhattan Serial Arson Task Force of the Bureau of Fire Investigation.

WHO:

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano, Chief of Department Edward S. Kilduff, Chief of Operations James Esposito, Chief of EMS Abdo Nahmod, medal recipients and many other FDNY members and their families.